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Vatican

Vatican synod aims for inclusiveness but critics fear a schism

Taboo subjects such as the ordination of women and the role of LGBTQ congregants will be discussed

04/10/2023

Vatican

Pope Francis suggests blessings for gay unions are possible

The Vatican published a letter in response to the cardinals just ahead of a major three-week synod at which the place of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the church will be on the agenda.

03/10/2023

Culture news

The Catholic Church's Synod: What's new this time?

From online surveys to women and laypeople participating, Euronews Culture looks at how this year's Catholic Synod looks quite different from its predecessors.

01/10/2023

France

Pope in Marseille: Religious groups commit to helping migrants

Migrants "arrive and don't speak French. [They] have no friends, no money, no relationships... It is essential to help them integrate," one Christian volunteer told Euronews.

22/09/2023

Switzerland

Study finds 1,000 cases of sex abuse in Swiss Catholic Church

The Swiss church becomes the latest in Europe to reckon with the abuse scandal as researchers fear findings are merely the 'tip of the iceberg'.

12/09/2023

Mexico

Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalises abortion nationwide

Mexico's highest court has ruled to decriminalise abortion nationwide after asserting that previous rules breached human rights

07/09/2023

Mongolia

Pope Francis opens clinic on first papal visit to Mongolia

Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia on Monday by inaugurating a church-run homeless clinic and shelter, insisting that such initiatives aren’t aimed at winning converts but are simply exercises in Christian charity.

04/09/2023

Italy

Message in the sky over Italy spread Vatican conspiracy theory

Messages transported by small planes over Italy’s beaches this summer have spread the debunked conspiracy theory that Pope Francis is not the legitimate head of the Catholic Church.

30/08/2023

Vatican

Pope causes fury after praising Russia's imperialist past

The Vatican stepped in to clarify the remarks after Pope Francis told young people they were the "heirs of the great Russia".

29/08/2023

Vatican

Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

28/08/2023

Portugal

Pope Francis ends Portugal trip with message of hope for young people

Pope Francis ended a five-day trip to Portugal on Sunday with a massive open-air Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people who camped out overnight on a vast field to attend the grand finale of the World Youth Day festival.

06/08/2023

Portugal

'Lighting lamps of hope': Pope Francis urges Europe to seek peace

Francis is widely expected to meet in private with survivors of child abuse during his visit to Lisbon, as he has done on past foreign trips.

02/08/2023

Culture news

Portuguese street artist criticizes pope’s visit with banknote carpet

Alarmed by the official cost estimates of the papal visit, renowned Portuguese street artist Bordalo II has taken a stand by creating the pope's walk of shame...

01/08/2023

Portugal

World Youth Days kicks off in Lisbon as Pope plans for future

The Argentine is expected to use the event to solidify changes he believes are necessary for the 21st century church.

31/07/2023

Portugal

Pope faces Portugal reckoning next week over church child sex abuse

The pontiff is expected to meet victims of historic abuse as he visits Lisbon for an international Catholic youth rally.

28/07/2023

Culture news

Why Sinéad O’Connor’s protest on SNL still matters

As we remember a talented singer, it’s also fitting that we celebrate an outspoken artist who risked it all to remain steadfast in her beliefs.

27/07/2023

Design

Sagrada Familia struggles to accommodate both worship and tourism

With tourism surpassing pre-pandemic records in Barcelona and across southern Europe, iconic sacred sites are struggling to accommodate the faithful who come to pray and the millions of paying tourists.

21/07/2023

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Bachelors bang their drums: an unusual Easter tradition in Poland

The town of Iwaniska celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ with drums. A few minutes before midnight, during the vigil at the tomb of Jesus, the drum is brought into the local church and at midnight the drumming begins.

09/04/2023

Italy

Pope Francis washes feet in traditional Holy Thursday Easter ritual

Five days after his release from hospital, where he was admitted for bronchitis, Pope Francis went to a juvenile prison on Thursday to wash the feet of inmates in a traditional Easter ritual.

06/04/2023

Italy

Pope Francis defends the "marginalised" at Palm Sunday mass

Pope Francis has presided over Palm Sunday Mass, a day after leaving hospital due to bronchitis.

02/04/2023